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Bank of Thailand weighs up consumer loans rate cut

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is debating a reduction in interest rates for some consumer loans amid fears that lenders will reject high-risk borrowers and drive them towards loan sharks, an assistant governor said Wednesday. Last month, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha asked the Bank of Thailand to review the ceiling of interest rates for credit […]

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Fitch lowers outlook of Philippine banks to negative

MANILA, Philippines — New York-based Fitch Ratings has lowered from stable to negative the outlook for several government and private-owned Philippine banks due to downside risks to the country’s medium-term growth prospects amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The debt watcher lowered the outlook of state-run Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and Development Bank of the […]

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Thailand: Media spending to see 4% decline

The worsening pandemic situation and plunge in advertising budgets are expected to drive down media spending this year with a 4% year-on-year contraction to 72.1 billion baht — a critical situation for the industry, according to Media Intelligence (MI), a creative and media planning agency. “The government’s tough measure to curb Covid-19 infections and a […]

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